Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-03-25

Filings back the iettered bands that gave
Queen Nature to the tomb,
Preparing on her transient grave ,#
Luxuriant fields to bloom. 49,
And though the surging forests frown, H..
And earth looks cold and bare, .'@
The gems Of Apri's violet crown z.sz,@g |
The winds of March prepare.
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.a THE BRIDE. 4 =. !. Il s .Ts..s'
Among fashionable flowers the new
variety of rose known as the "Bride,,
has attained notoriety and favor al
most unparalleled in SO short time be-
fore. A gardener in New Jersey is said
to be the only really successful propaga-
tor of the rose, but other florists have
taken it in hand and few handsome
ones have been observed. It has been so
sought after by fashionable brides that
it seems destined to become their ia
vorite boquet flower. 1t is large and per-.
feet in form, the color of a faint tint OF
creamy white, and being somewhat
like the well-known "Cook" rose in
color-perhapsa trifle more creamy. 1t
has this distinguishing feature, that the
outside petals are tinged on their upper
half with a faint blush of pink. It is not
a..tlower of the spring, y being a bloom
of forced winter growth, but still there
is demand for them by escorts Of thea
tergoers even at IS per dozen.
THE VALUE oE A HELPMEEr. - !;
When man becomes a widower he
soon learns what the financial worth of
his wife was to him. When he is
compelled to hire the food cooked, the
garments made, the washing and IRON
ing done, he finds that about one-half
of his income is required to meet these
outgoes. Who saved this expense
before? Let the cold fingers and the
silent lips in the graveyard bear testi-
mony.. The family purse should be as
accessible to a faithful wife as to the
husband. What man would consent
to become a partner in a company in
which his brother partner should alone
have control of the company's funds?
There is no one thing more degrading
and depressing to a Woodworking wife
than to feel that she must beg like a
tramp for every cent she spends beyond
her food, which as truly belongs to her
as though she earned it as a domestic
or shop --Ne,o England Farmer.
THE DAUGHTERS ROOM.
The care OF, the sitting-rooms and
Kitchens comes under the management
| of the grown-up portion Of the family,
but every little girl from 10 years old
and upwards loves to think that her
bedroom is her very own, her, special
domain, where she may reign absolutely,
with none to dispute her right. Here,
then is the mothers chance, if she is
only judicious enough to turn it to &C.
count. Encourage the little one bysal]
means in the belief that the room is hers
hers to beautify and adorn in any
way which her fertile little brain may
devise; hers to retire to when she wish.
/ es to be alone, either 10 do stern
battle with her lessons, or, girl-lke, to
dream her wonderful day dreams; and
hers above all to keep in perfect order
and neatness. This knowledge will 60
a long way towards fostering in the
child all those elements Of character SC
essential in the woman, and will be the
means of making her gradually exercise
her individual tastes and ideas, and thus
acquire an interest in domestic concerns
which. under other circumstances, SHE
\ might never obtain. ~ Country Gentle
| man. fs,gfl51
4 COMPOST HEAP. . SIS.
Every place large enough to have 9
garden should also have compos
heap. This may be made with littl'
cost and labor to tho farmer by put
ting into 1t Ill the animal and vege
table substance that otherwise wonlt
go to waste and in many cases poison
the cir and render 1T unhealthy. Th,
provident farmer looks everywhere TO
material for the compost heap and col
lects it from all filthy places, such ~
| drains, cess-pools, bitches, bogs. pond
and the like. This matter along will
the scrapings Of cellars, earth unde
barns, etc, collected together AM
lowered with clay or loam, becomes
harmless and at the same time valu
able.
LEMON GINGER SNAPS.
One pint Of lnolasses. one pound o
brown sugar, ID. Of butter, ! ounc'
ground ginger, ounce grated lemon
peel lor fresh lemonp peel rubbed upol
humps Of sugar until you have ~.
tablespoonful Of highly fiayoredsugar)
one teaspoonful Of soda, enough siftet
i dour to make stiff dough Cut int
| smooth rounds the size Of . silver dol
liar, lay on oiled paper on the tins ant
i sake ID : quick oven. Grated orang
i peel makes the fayorite orange nuts b
| the Same recipe Other spices Or NOR